Terry A. Osborn, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
College of Education
Phone: 941-359-4531
Fax: 941-359-4778
Office: USFSM B322
Terry A. Osborn, Ph.D., is Dean and Professor
of the College of Education at the University of South Florida
Sarasota Manatee. Dr. Osborn is an internationally-recognized
scholar of critical language studies who has published 13 books
and 34 articles and chapters, edits 6 academic book series, and
was the founding co-editor of the journal Critical Inquiry in
Language Studies. His scholarship has received the American
Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and the
Stephen Freeman Award for the best published article on language
teaching techniques. He currently serves as immediate Past President of the
International Society for Language Studies and and President of the Language
Studies Foundation. His expertise has been sought by
universities from Istanbul to Australia and he has been a
featured keynote speaker at universities and education
conferences in the United States. Dr. Osborn taught public
school for six years before serving on the faculties at the City
University of New York, the University of Connecticut, and
Fordham University.
Education
Ph.D., University
of Connecticut
M.A., University of Tennessee
B.A., Berry College
Research Interests
Critical theory of education; Educational linguistics; Interdisciplinary curriculum.
Selected Publications and Research
Davis, J. F. & Osborn, T. A. (2002). The language teacher's portfolio: A guide for professional development. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
Kaufman, D., Moss, D. M., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2003). Beyond the boundaries: A transdisciplinary approach to learning and teaching. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
Moss, D. M., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2010). Critical essays on resistance in education. In S. Steinberg (Ed.) Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education series. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Moss, D. M., Kaufman, D., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2008). Interdisciplinary education in an age of assessment. New York: Routledge/LEA.
Osborn, T. A. (2005). Critical reflection and the foreign language classroom. Rev. ed. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Osborn, T. A. (2006). Teaching world languages for social justice: A sourcebook of principles and practices. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Osborn, T. A. (Ed.). (2005). Language and cultural diversity in U. S. schools: Democratic principles in action. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
Osborn, T. A. (Ed.). (2007). Language and cultural diversity in
U. S. schools: Democratic principles in action. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education [revised from Praeger version].
Osborn, T. A. (2007). Teaching world languages for social justice. Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages, 8, 11-23.
Osborn, T. A. (2009). Reconsidering Roadside Assistance: The problem with Christian approaches to teaching the English language. In M. S. Wong & S. Canagarajah (Eds.), Christian and critical English language educators in dialogue: Pedagogical and ethical dilemmas, 215-218. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Osborn, T. A., (Ed.). (2002). The future of foreign language education in the United States. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.
Reagan, T. & Osborn, T. A. (2002). The foreign language educator in society: Toward a critical pedagogy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Reagan, T. & Osborn, T. A. (2004). Reflections on critical language studies and the genesis of a counter paradigm. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal, 1(4), 237-241.
Smith, D. I., & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.). (2007). Spirituality, social justice, and language education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Wagner, M. & Osborn, T. A. (2010). Depositioning the "foreign": Considering the challenges and opportunities of a postmodern foreign language education. NYSABE Journal, 1(1), 35-44.
Teaching
Dr. Osborn teaches in the areas of language, curriculum, and sociocultural foundations of education.